Meigs County Homemakers Celebrate Achievement Day
About 200 women from Meigs County attended the Achievement Day at First Presbyterian Church to showcase Home Demonstration work led by Miss Geneva Humphreys. Dean Irma Voigt of Ohio University spoke on the family as a stabilizing factor, with Miss Warfield describing rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
First Presbyterian Church
Geneva Humphreys
Bess Cotterill
Jonah Cotterill
Harrisonville
Delbert Chase
Frank Halliday
James Welch
Addie Bradfield
Virgil Adkins
Earl Adkins
Cotterill
Miss Cotterill
Harley Musser
Halday
Irma E. Voigt
Ohio University
Dean Voigt
Miss Warfield
Guernsey County
Ife
Pearl Mora
Meigs County Women’s Home Extension Council
Wesley Green
Dan Hartinger
C. E. Humphrey
Reedsville
Ella Hannum
Long Bottom
E. V. Atkins
Hemlock Grove
Salem Center
C. E. Stout
Dexter
Ralph Norton
Longsville
Tuppers Plains
James Davis
Carroll Dodderer
Coolville
R. 3
Columbia
William Swett
G. A. Radekin
Carpenter
Portland
H. K K. Swan
Marshall Delaney
Rutland
Paul Winn
Anne Miller
Langsville
Chester
Mary Virginia Mora
Pomeroy
R. D
Edna R. Dean
Dorcas
Lawrence Beegle
Dorothy Wolfe
Racine
Alfred
Emerson Guthrie
Flora
Clara Follrod
Sumner
Letart Falls
Humphreys
Miss Williamson
Jackson County
M. T. Haines
Athens
Theodore Reed
Farmers’ Bank
Alpha Somerville
Estrilla Daniels
Stella Radekin
Kidnap Case Takes Jury's Entire Day
A full day was spent Thursday by the grand jury on the Charles B. Warner kidnapping charge with 20 witnesses summoned. Those testifying included Timothy Bishop and Mrs. Laura Bishop among others from Meigs County and officials from Zanesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles B. Warner
Warner
Timothy Bishop
Laura Bishop
Christy Krautter
O. L. Roush
T. A. Downie
Dayton Strickland
Charles M. Stivers
F. M. Cluff
George Hicks
George Cousins
George Smith
William Harless
Jean Harless
Hank Young
Meigs County
P. C. Dilcher
Mr. Beem
William Bryan
Lieut. Quigley
Officer Moore
Zanesville
Local playlets and Achievement Day planning summarized
Cast listed for It Pays To Budget and The Bright Way performances include Mrs. Herbert Swan and others with Mrs. Harry Pickens as announcer. Luncheon served by Whatsoever Class with yellow daffodils as decor. Achievement Day committees named for Registration, Reception, and Program with multiple members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Swan
Carl Buckley
M. E. Montgomery
Virgil Roush
W. M. Swain
C. E. Humphrey
Lillian Williams
Elma Whiteside
Harry Pickens
Frank Nelson
M. E. Nelson
D. G. Gill
Ralph Norton
Pearley Nelson
Vesta Nelson
Dan Hartinger
Delbert Chase
Dorsel Smith
Dorothy Wolfe
Marshall Delaney
Pearl Lanning
Effie Warren
Ralph Turner
Scott Folmer
Leslie Keller
Harold Miller
James Titus
C. E. Stout
Firemen fund canvass opens in Middleport for life saving gear
Beginning at 9 am volunteers from the Middleport Fire Company canvass local businesses for contributions toward life saving equipment and a boat for river communities. Participants include David Jenkins Tad Bolin John Vroman Jacob Turner and Bradford Hudson. A Red Cross First Aid refresher program is planned and donations are to be sent to the Middleport Fire Company.
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Middleport
Volunteer Fire Company
David Jenkins
Tad Bolin
John Vroman
Jacob Turner
Bradford Hudson
Red Cross
Meigs County
Middleport Fire Company
Rainstorms Flood Lowlands Near Pomeroy
Heavy rain Thursday raised Thomas Fork Creek flooding lowlands and a section of State Route 143 near the Seyfried home close to Pomeroy. Reports say storms were widespread in the county with varying severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Thomas Fork Creek
Seyfried Home
Divorce suit filed by Fannie E. Conker against John Conker
A divorce suit has been filed in common pleas court by Fannie E. Conker against John Conker. The case cites marital breakdown with fault. A separate decree notes Leota Cullums was granted divorce from Roger Cullums for willful absence exceeding three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Fannie E. Conker
John Conker
Leota Cullums
Roger Cullums
Sand Run Personal And Social Mention
Mrs Darlene Horn visited her mother Mrs Lawes at Jobs on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Don Blake and daughter of Carbon Hill visited Mr and Mrs Eugene Blake Saturday evening. Miss Ruth Stone county demonstration home agent visited Sand Run School kitchen on Tuesday. Miss June Guess visited sister Mrs Kathryn North in Nelsonville last weekend. Mr and Mrs Wayne Huston and Danny Wolfe visited Mr Ed Pummel and Mr and Mrs Leo Wolfe Sunday. Mrs Florence Beal, ill, is recovering. Mr and Mrs Eugene Blake visited Miss Doris Blake at Mt Vernon Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Run
Darlene Horn
Lawes
Jobs
Don Blake
Carbon Hill
Eugene Blake
Ruth Stone
County Demonstration
June Guess
Kathryn North
Nelsonville
Wayne Huston
Danny Wolfe
Ed Pummel
Leo Wolfe
Austin Biffle
Findlay
Florence Beal
Doris Blake
Mt. Vernon
Union News Notes
Mrs Stella McBride visited her son George McBride and family over the weekend. Hiram Gabriel is recovering from illness. Visitors at the John Withers home Sunday included Clyde Withers and daughters from Columbus and Bernard Withers and daughters from New Marshfield, plus Sirus Chesser and family from Dundas. Union Church plans an Easter program on April 9. Ralph Barker and son Robert and Vernon spent time on their farm. Alumni play Home Town Girl drew Union attendees from New Marshfield. Geneva Weekly Sugar Creek visited Mrs Bessie Gabriel Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNION
Stella McBride
George McBride
Hiram Gabriel
John Withers
Clyde Withers
Virginia
Barbara
Columbus
Bernard Withers
Fauna
Peggy
Nancy
Carolyn Mae
New Marshfield
Sirus Chesser
Dundas
Union Church
Thomas Fork Woman Dies After Washing Machine Injury
Luella Moore 74 of Thomas Fork died from blood poisoning after her hand was caught in a washing machine wringer three weeks earlier. She had her left arm amputated at Holzer Hospital, was returned home in serious condition, and is survived by husband Richard Moore and granddaughter Garnet Moore. Funeral services are set Friday at Hiland Church with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Luella Moore
Thomas Fork
Holzer Hospital
Richard Moore
Garnet Moore
Hiland Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Illness
Mrs. C P Bradbury and Mrs Alfred Elberfeld spent Thursday in Parkersburg. M T Haines of Athens former Middleport resident visited for Achievement Day at the First Presbyterian Church. Ill at home: William Anderson and Gene Harris. Mrs H L Ward returned from Columbus visit with cousin Mrs Thomas Midgley. Mr and Mrs Noel Hysell moved to the Betz property on High St. from Hamilton Apts. Mr Clyde Bush of Parkersburg will occupy Bradbury Apt. Head of Evans Store meat market. Mrs Clyde Caulkins Worthington Mrs George Montgomery Columbus sisters of Mrs W W Leonard and friend Mrs Pearl Heller guests at La Salle Hotel. Mrs T J Lighter and daughter Mary go to Columbus to join Miss Betty Lighter for an indefinite stay. Harry Houdashelt of Middleport Printing Co ill and absent from Mill St shop. 88th birthday quiet for Mrs Ora Dillard at daughter Mrs Walter Owens home with sons daughters and a few friends. Katherine and Rosamond Dillard, registered nurses in Columbus, have visited during winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Bradbury
Alfred Elberfeld
Parkersburg
M. T. Haines
Athens
Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
William Anderson
Gene Harris
H. L. Ward
Thomas Midgley
Columbus
Noel Hysell
Hamilton
Hamilton St
Betz
High St
Clyde Bush
Bradbury
S. Second Ave
Edward Corbin
Bush
Evans Store
Clyde Caulkins
Worthington
George Montgomery
W. W. Leonard
Pearl Heller
Leonards
la Salle Hotel
T. J. Lighter
Mary
Betty Lighter
Harry Houdashelt
Middleport Printing Co
Mill St
Accident on E Main St Involves Garnes Young
A Thursday morning automobile collision on E Main St involved Owen Garnes and Arthur Young. Garnes sustained facial and head cuts when his head struck and broke the left window of his car while entering Main St from Lynn St. Harry Mescher drove Young’s car.
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Pomeroy
Owen Garnes
Arthur Young
E. Main St
Harry Mescher
Young
Main St
Lynn St
Garnes
Main
Final Rush Begins For 1939 Licenses
Motorists rush to obtain 1939 license plates before midnight as deputies and Mrs. Cora B. Roberts work late to process late-comers at the registrar's office.
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Pomeroy
Cora B. Roberts
Rock Springs Grange musikalé planned at Grange Hall
A musicale arranged by the Home Economics Committee of Rock Springs Grange is set for this evening at Grange Hall starting at 8 o clock. Meigs County Grange Chorus directed by Mrs. Wesley Green will perform with Gerald Hoffman as pianist. The program includes hymns spirituals and popular songs with piano solos by Mrs. Floyd Will and Marcella Reibel and a clarinet duet by Ruth and Roger Morgan.
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Home Economics Committee of
Rock Springs Grange
Grange Hall
Meigs County Grange Chorus
Wesley Green
Gerald Hoffman
Floyd Will
Marcella Reibel
Ruth
Roger Morgan
Office Opens Only Fridays in Meigs County
The local unemployment compensation bureau in Pomeroy will operate only on Fridays starting next week. District 5 manager Paul Theisen announced the change. the courthouse top-floor office backs the courtroom. About 350 benefit claims have been filed in Meigs County, with not all yet approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Paul Theisen
District 5
Meigs County
Meigs County Highway Workers Dismissed
About twenty Meigs County highway laborers have been laid off since the year began. Administrative staff remains unchanged and no new workers are hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs State
Pomeroy
Meigs County
State Highway Department
Coal Miner Wins Right To Get Insurance
Ira Beard a coal miner, injured while working for M. C. Hobart, gains right to state insurance payments from Aug 16 1922 for 375 weeks at ten dollars per week after challenging the State Industrial Commission in common pleas court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ira Beard
Common Pleas Court
State Industrial Commission
Beard
M. C. Hobart
Pomeroy Social Notes Hostess To Sewing Club
Miss Sarah Williamson hosted the Sewing Club gathering at her home on the Pomeroy Harrisonville Road. Attendees included Mrs. Dan White Miss Marjorie Swatzel Mrs. Milward Curd and others from Pomeroy plus Miss Teresa Gibbs of Middleport. Refreshments were served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Williamson
Sewing Club
Pomeroy
Harrisonville Road
Dan White
Marjorie Swatzel
Milward Curd
Wayne Swisher
Joe Wilson
Frank Wilson
Teresa Gibbs
Middleport
Miss Williamson
Pomeroy School Orchestras Shine In Evening Concert
Selections by the school orchestra the junior and senior bands under Willis O Aleshire opened Thursday night at the Junior High Auditorium. Performances included White Queen Overture Parade of the Tin Soldiers Scheherazade and several solos. The junior band featured The Glory of God in Nature Home on the Range and other pieces with two clarinet solos. The senior band played Line Up Dublin Holiday Mine strel Parade and Donkey Serenade among others with a wood wind ensemble and brass quartet adding to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Willis O. Aleshire
O. Metra
G. Pierne
Rimsky-Korsakov
Donald Rosenbaum
Schubert
Tschaikovsky
God
Beethoven
Barnard
Robert Ginn
Chenette
Lehar
Ricci
Charles Stanley
Lamater
Dublin
Buchtel
Ohio Fuel Gas Company Meeting Held in Gallipolis
Employees of the Ohio Fuel Gas Company in Gallipolis and Middleport gathered last night at the local office. Frank Cook of Athens led the meeting and motion pictures were shown illustrating company policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Gallipolis
Frank Cook
Athens
Comepany
Middleport 7th Grade Clinches Junior High Title
Final game last night saw MIDDLEPORT Miss Hawley's seventh graders edge Miss Jones seventh graders 17 to 14 to win the basketball championship. Searles led winners with 8 points while Seines, Scott, Thomas and Abrey starred. for the losers Bradshaw Klein Bolin Hughes and Blaine took the court.
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Middleport
Miss Hawley
Miss Jones
Searles
Seines
Scott
Thomas
Abrey
Bradshaw
Klein
Bolin
Hughes
Blaine
Palm Sunday closings warned by state registrar
Middleport W Wallace, Ohio state registrar of motor vehicles, orders registrars to close on Palm Sunday April 2. Other material notes a sheriff's sale in Athens County and a public auction of real estate in Verity adds coal rights and mining privileges, with state Route 652 Connett Road address and two thirds of appraised value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport—Cyclon
W. Wallace
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
L. H. Stanley
Court House
Athens
Ohio
Verity
Athens County
Lester H. Stanley
Frances C. Stanley
State Rt
Connett Road
Sair
Charles W. Bayless
Esther B. Gross
R. J. Isselstein
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Dean Voigtnd
Middleport Department Store
Union News Notes
Middleport Social Notes
Ora Dillard
Walter Owens
N. Second Ave
Dillard
Katherine
Rosamond Dillard
Clover Farm Stores
Clover Farm
Kellogg's
Glendale
Wheaties
Pollock
Clover Farm Cleanser
Ston OE
Florida
Idaho Bakers
Clor. Fm
Lady Jane Wheat Cereal
Margarine
Foodland Golden
Johnson’s Products
Clover Farm Coffee
Foodland Tomatoes
Foodland
Ega
Eas
Crackers
Cos
Avio
Pomeroy Social Notes
Dorothy Lee
Brass
Ernest Jones
Tommy Crow
Dane Ny Rosenbaum
John Mitch
New World Symphony
Dvorak
Gavotte Naire
Creighton
Ruth Morgan
Kathryn Mitch
Ruth Will Lambert
Joe Ohlinger
Friml-Stohart
Kleffman
March
Sherife
Real Te
Rmotathe
J. Beasley
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